This site features current writing opportunities for authors of all genres, with a preference for Christian publications. The submission opportunities featured on this blog site have been collected by Sally Clark. The source of the information is listed at the bottom of each post. Please check these websites for additional writing articles and information on submissions in other genres.

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NAOMI CHERKOFSKY MEMORIAL CONTESTDeadline:June 30Subject and Form:Poet's ChoiceLine Limit:40 LinesPrizes:$50$30$20Poems entered must NOT have been published or won ANY prize.Contests are open to all poets.Poets may enter as many poems as they wish but only one prize may be won by any poet.Entry Fee is $3.00 per poem.Send two copies of each poem - one with name and address and on...

Winning poems will be displayed on sps.com Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming. Suggests you write about real emotions and feelings and that you have some special person or occasion in mind as you write. Poems judged on the basis of originality and uniqueness. English-language entries only. Enter as many times as you...

Have you learned something surprising about another culture – or your own? Met a memorable character who altered your world view in some way? Seen something monumental or simple that left an indelible impression? It’s time to write about your unforgettable experiences as a traveler, whether your travels took you to an exotic destination or a hometown treasure. We’re looking for unpublish...

Women Who Write Contest - Prose and Poetryhttp://www.womenwhowrite.com/Submit.html---$12 ENTRY FEEOur prizes are $300 (first), $200 (second) and $100 (third) in each of two categories (poetry and short prose), plus publication in the 18th edition of our annual anthology, Calliope. Prose pieces can be fiction or non-fiction and are limited to 3,000 words or less. Deadline June 30, 2012.

Submit: any unpublished, original work of fiction (including, but not limited to, short stories, poetry, fables, and short graphic works/comics) that meets the following criteria:1. The work is suitable for a youth audience (grades 4-12).2. The work contains accurate scientific content.3. The scientific content should feel entertaining but secretly be educ...

27 categories to enter including: Ancestors, Unfulfilled, The Thing Itself, Look to the Future, In the Twilight Hours, If I Had to do it Over, Would I do it Again?, Small Town Living, In the Face of the Storm, Fine Lines, Seasons of Life, Haiku, Sonnet, Bitterness or Surprise, Military, poetry for children, Natural World...

Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, books or articles, paranormal or romance, the process is equally challenging. Thus, it's important to learn from others who have made the transition from dreaming about writing to being a writer. If this describes you, we want to hear about your setbacks, breakthroughs, and successes. How did you overcome writer's block? Who or what encouraged you when you were about to give u...

Poetry in traditional verse forms. Your entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem simultaneously to this contest and to others, and you may submit poems that have been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication righ...

WSI Creative Writing Competitions are designed to instill new writing. Entries must be original work and neither be a previous competition winner nor previously published. Sections judged by prominent writers in the area of expertise. Prizes: 1st place-$100, 2nd plac...

They always say it's the best job and the worst job. But basically it's the best! We are looking for your stories about parenting - the hard work, the joy, the unconditional love, the funny times and the occasional sad ones too. Whether you're a new parent of one or an "experienced" parent of several, by birth, by marriage, by adoption, or by fostering, tell us your stories about parenthood. Funny stories, stories that w...

Newcomers published alongside famous writers, in our anthology and online. Best poem—$1,000; Fiction—$1,000; Nonfiction—$1,000; Short-short fiction—$1,000. Enter at www.writingawards.com or follow these guidelines: No restrictions as to style, content, or number of submissions. P...

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Southern Poetry Review is given annually for a poem. Submit three to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Southern Poetry Review, by June 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Entries must be received by May 25 for Mother's Day issue, June 18 for Father's Day issue, June 30 for Siblings issue

Getting Along with Grief, a blog about remembering lost loved ones through creative writing, seeks submissions of poems, photos, and essays on these upcoming themes. Essays should be 1,500 words maximum. Submit entries as email attachments and include brief bio.

Welcome to the first poetry contest sponsored by “The Rusty Nail.” We are committed to providing readers with fine poetry and prose. We are also committed in our support of the writers themselves.The prize for this contest is $250. The winner and the winning piece will be featured both on “The Rusty Nail” website and also in the August print edition.The reading period opens March 19. The dead...

Publishes a wide variety of mystery-related manuscripts, from cozy to hardboiled and everything in between. Submissions are open for fiction and nonfiction. Pays: $0.01 per word for fiction; $10-$25 total for unsolicited nonfiction.

NO ENTRY FEEA Midsummer Tale is open to non-genre fiction and creative nonfiction. Stories entered in A Midsummer Tale should take place during a warm time of the year. The theme of the 2012 A Midsummer Tale writing contest is: Snail Mail. Length: 1,000 words minimum; 5,000 words maximum. Deadline June 21, 2012. Winning stories are published in the September issue of Toasted Cheese. If 50 or fewer elig...

Want to get your foot in the door in publishing? Or to expand your current publishing credits? OakTara Publishers is looking for new authors and growing authors like you who have a great falling-in-love story to tell—or who know someone who has a falling-in-love story they’d be willing for you to write on their behalf.

NOW OPEN: Personal Essay/Creative NonfictionDeadline: June 15The personal essay should be about a personal experience, told in your own words, with a great story and a great theme. We are delighted to announce that the final judge for this year's Personal Essay/Creative Nonfiction category is the multitalented...

http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/bhol/index.jsp---Beacon Hill Press, the book publishing arm of Nazarene Publishing House, is a leading provider of Wesleyan Christian books, Bible studies, and Bible commentaries. Beacon Hill Press exists to provide inspiration and support with biblically sound materials that are relevant to the Church's changing needs. Through encouraging literature, personal devotion, and small group resources, Beacon Hill Press equips Christ-followers with ...

Entry fee: $15. An entry consists of five poems. Poems must not be previously published and may be under consideration elsewhere. The MacGuffin reserves the right to disqualify work that is accepted elsewhere. Deadline is June 4, 2012. Winners announced in September, 2012.

http://www.theblubber.com/write-for-us/---Interested in doing some humor writing for theBlubber? More importantly, are you interested in getting paid to write for theBlubber? If you answered "yes", then boy are you in luck. We are looking for funny people who can either formulate several coherent sentences in a row or create hilarious infographics. No experience (or pants!) necessary. You'll be a real-life published author. Yee-Ha! Articles must be a minimum (no maximum) of 500 w...

Prizes in each category will be awarded for First Place ($150), Second Place ($75) and Third Place ($50).Winners will be announced by September 30th. The names will be published in the PWP newsletter and on the PWP website, as well in general publicity and media. Winners will als...

Consisting of real-life stories written by individuals 18 years and older, NYMB is tailored for a mature-audience readership; stories may contain language and situations akin to a PG-13 or TV-14 rating. While not all stories will fall into this rating system, the series will not focus on death/dying, cry-your-eyes out sad selec...

http://www.holidayhouse.com/holiday_house.php---Holiday House is an independent publisher of children's books only. We specialize in quality hardcovers, from picture books to young adult, both fiction and nonfiction. We publish children's books for ages four and up. We do not publish mass-market books, including, but not limited to, pop-ups, activity books, sticker books, coloring books, or licensed books.

Designed for 8-to-12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings that teach about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction, scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful pictures, activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems, recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine is publi...

Articles 1000 to 2000 words, sermons and meditations 500 to 2000 words, stories (fiction or nonfiction) 750 to 2000 words, poems, prayers and liturgical pieces. Weavings is neither a popular devotional guide nor a technical scholarly journal. We are looking for material that has spiritual depth expressed in simple, even poetic, prose. We hope authors will show our readers the subject rat...

Crimson Romance, the new e-book romance imprint at Adams Media, is launching in June! They're now open for submissions in five popular romance subgenres (romantic suspense, historical, paranormal, contemporary, and erotic romance) and prefer lengths of 50K words (but if yours is longer or shorter, they'll still consider it).

http://www.wordharvest.com/contest.php---NO ENTRY FEECo-sponsored by St. Martin's Press, the Tony Hillerman Prize is awarded annually for the best first mystery set in the Southwest. The prize winner is awarded a contract with St. Martin's Press for publication of the novel and $10,000. No less than 60,000 words. Murder or another serious crime or crimes must be at the heart of the story, and emphasis is on the solution rather than the details of the crime. The story's ...

She’s your teacher, cheerleader, confidante, and friend. Mom has done more for you than you probably even realize. From making you eat your veggies and refusing to let you wear THAT, to laughing at your jokes and telling you how beautiful you are, there are so many things to be grateful for. So tell us—what do you want to say to your mom?

NAOMI CHERKOFSKY MEMORIAL CONTESTDeadline:June 30Subject and Form:Poet's ChoiceLine Limit:40 LinesPrizes:$50$30$20Poems entered must NOT have been published or won ANY prize.Contests are open to all poets.Poets may enter as many poems as they wish but only one prize may be won by any poet.Entry Fee is $3.00 per poem.Send two copies of each poem - one with name and address and on...

Winning poems will be displayed on sps.com Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming. Suggests you write about real emotions and feelings and that you have some special person or occasion in mind as you write. Poems judged on the basis of originality and uniqueness. English-language entries only. Enter as many times as you...

Have you learned something surprising about another culture – or your own? Met a memorable character who altered your world view in some way? Seen something monumental or simple that left an indelible impression? It’s time to write about your unforgettable experiences as a traveler, whether your travels took you to an exotic destination or a hometown treasure. We’re looking for unpublish...

Women Who Write Contest - Prose and Poetryhttp://www.womenwhowrite.com/Submit.html---$12 ENTRY FEEOur prizes are $300 (first), $200 (second) and $100 (third) in each of two categories (poetry and short prose), plus publication in the 18th edition of our annual anthology, Calliope. Prose pieces can be fiction or non-fiction and are limited to 3,000 words or less. Deadline June 30, 2012.

Submit: any unpublished, original work of fiction (including, but not limited to, short stories, poetry, fables, and short graphic works/comics) that meets the following criteria:1. The work is suitable for a youth audience (grades 4-12).2. The work contains accurate scientific content.3. The scientific content should feel entertaining but secretly be educ...

27 categories to enter including: Ancestors, Unfulfilled, The Thing Itself, Look to the Future, In the Twilight Hours, If I Had to do it Over, Would I do it Again?, Small Town Living, In the Face of the Storm, Fine Lines, Seasons of Life, Haiku, Sonnet, Bitterness or Surprise, Military, poetry for children, Natural World...

Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, books or articles, paranormal or romance, the process is equally challenging. Thus, it's important to learn from others who have made the transition from dreaming about writing to being a writer. If this describes you, we want to hear about your setbacks, breakthroughs, and successes. How did you overcome writer's block? Who or what encouraged you when you were about to give u...

Poetry in traditional verse forms. Your entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem simultaneously to this contest and to others, and you may submit poems that have been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication righ...

WSI Creative Writing Competitions are designed to instill new writing. Entries must be original work and neither be a previous competition winner nor previously published. Sections judged by prominent writers in the area of expertise. Prizes: 1st place-$100, 2nd plac...

They always say it's the best job and the worst job. But basically it's the best! We are looking for your stories about parenting - the hard work, the joy, the unconditional love, the funny times and the occasional sad ones too. Whether you're a new parent of one or an "experienced" parent of several, by birth, by marriage, by adoption, or by fostering, tell us your stories about parenthood. Funny stories, stories that w...

Newcomers published alongside famous writers, in our anthology and online. Best poem—$1,000; Fiction—$1,000; Nonfiction—$1,000; Short-short fiction—$1,000. Enter at www.writingawards.com or follow these guidelines: No restrictions as to style, content, or number of submissions. P...

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Southern Poetry Review is given annually for a poem. Submit three to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Southern Poetry Review, by June 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Entries must be received by May 25 for Mother's Day issue, June 18 for Father's Day issue, June 30 for Siblings issue

Getting Along with Grief, a blog about remembering lost loved ones through creative writing, seeks submissions of poems, photos, and essays on these upcoming themes. Essays should be 1,500 words maximum. Submit entries as email attachments and include brief bio.

Welcome to the first poetry contest sponsored by “The Rusty Nail.” We are committed to providing readers with fine poetry and prose. We are also committed in our support of the writers themselves.The prize for this contest is $250. The winner and the winning piece will be featured both on “The Rusty Nail” website and also in the August print edition.The reading period opens March 19. The dead...

Publishes a wide variety of mystery-related manuscripts, from cozy to hardboiled and everything in between. Submissions are open for fiction and nonfiction. Pays: $0.01 per word for fiction; $10-$25 total for unsolicited nonfiction.

NO ENTRY FEEA Midsummer Tale is open to non-genre fiction and creative nonfiction. Stories entered in A Midsummer Tale should take place during a warm time of the year. The theme of the 2012 A Midsummer Tale writing contest is: Snail Mail. Length: 1,000 words minimum; 5,000 words maximum. Deadline June 21, 2012. Winning stories are published in the September issue of Toasted Cheese. If 50 or fewer elig...

Want to get your foot in the door in publishing? Or to expand your current publishing credits? OakTara Publishers is looking for new authors and growing authors like you who have a great falling-in-love story to tell—or who know someone who has a falling-in-love story they’d be willing for you to write on their behalf.

NOW OPEN: Personal Essay/Creative NonfictionDeadline: June 15The personal essay should be about a personal experience, told in your own words, with a great story and a great theme. We are delighted to announce that the final judge for this year's Personal Essay/Creative Nonfiction category is the multitalented...

http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/bhol/index.jsp---Beacon Hill Press, the book publishing arm of Nazarene Publishing House, is a leading provider of Wesleyan Christian books, Bible studies, and Bible commentaries. Beacon Hill Press exists to provide inspiration and support with biblically sound materials that are relevant to the Church's changing needs. Through encouraging literature, personal devotion, and small group resources, Beacon Hill Press equips Christ-followers with ...

Entry fee: $15. An entry consists of five poems. Poems must not be previously published and may be under consideration elsewhere. The MacGuffin reserves the right to disqualify work that is accepted elsewhere. Deadline is June 4, 2012. Winners announced in September, 2012.

http://www.theblubber.com/write-for-us/---Interested in doing some humor writing for theBlubber? More importantly, are you interested in getting paid to write for theBlubber? If you answered "yes", then boy are you in luck. We are looking for funny people who can either formulate several coherent sentences in a row or create hilarious infographics. No experience (or pants!) necessary. You'll be a real-life published author. Yee-Ha! Articles must be a minimum (no maximum) of 500 w...

Prizes in each category will be awarded for First Place ($150), Second Place ($75) and Third Place ($50).Winners will be announced by September 30th. The names will be published in the PWP newsletter and on the PWP website, as well in general publicity and media. Winners will als...

Consisting of real-life stories written by individuals 18 years and older, NYMB is tailored for a mature-audience readership; stories may contain language and situations akin to a PG-13 or TV-14 rating. While not all stories will fall into this rating system, the series will not focus on death/dying, cry-your-eyes out sad selec...

http://www.holidayhouse.com/holiday_house.php---Holiday House is an independent publisher of children's books only. We specialize in quality hardcovers, from picture books to young adult, both fiction and nonfiction. We publish children's books for ages four and up. We do not publish mass-market books, including, but not limited to, pop-ups, activity books, sticker books, coloring books, or licensed books.

Designed for 8-to-12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings that teach about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction, scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful pictures, activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems, recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine is publi...

Articles 1000 to 2000 words, sermons and meditations 500 to 2000 words, stories (fiction or nonfiction) 750 to 2000 words, poems, prayers and liturgical pieces. Weavings is neither a popular devotional guide nor a technical scholarly journal. We are looking for material that has spiritual depth expressed in simple, even poetic, prose. We hope authors will show our readers the subject rat...

Crimson Romance, the new e-book romance imprint at Adams Media, is launching in June! They're now open for submissions in five popular romance subgenres (romantic suspense, historical, paranormal, contemporary, and erotic romance) and prefer lengths of 50K words (but if yours is longer or shorter, they'll still consider it).

http://www.wordharvest.com/contest.php---NO ENTRY FEECo-sponsored by St. Martin's Press, the Tony Hillerman Prize is awarded annually for the best first mystery set in the Southwest. The prize winner is awarded a contract with St. Martin's Press for publication of the novel and $10,000. No less than 60,000 words. Murder or another serious crime or crimes must be at the heart of the story, and emphasis is on the solution rather than the details of the crime. The story's ...

She’s your teacher, cheerleader, confidante, and friend. Mom has done more for you than you probably even realize. From making you eat your veggies and refusing to let you wear THAT, to laughing at your jokes and telling you how beautiful you are, there are so many things to be grateful for. So tell us—what do you want to say to your mom?

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Sally Clark

Fredericksburg, Tx

Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.